Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran-C) Program; Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, 4047-4048 [E9-1171]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 13 / Thursday, January 22, 2009 / Notices outcome of the workshop (in preparation) as well as recognition of a need for a Dietary Supplement Element Methodology Workshop. The purpose of this upcoming workshop is to evaluate the state of analytical methods for nutrient and nonnutrient minerals (including toxic elements) in dietary supplement products and to identify gaps in methodology, with a view toward designing a research program to fill the unmet methods needs of stakeholders. The desired outcomes of this meeting are to provide an overview of the status of analytical methodology for elements, to discuss analytical method purpose statements, to discuss the definition and evaluation of a method’s purpose, as well as its fitness for purpose. The sponsor of this meeting is the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements. Registration Seating at this workshop is very limited. To register please forward your name and complete mailing addresses including phone number via e-mail to Mr. Mike Schultz at mschultz@csionweb.com. Mr. Schultz will be coordinating the registration for this meeting. If you wish to make an oral presentation during the meeting, you must indicate this when you register and submit the following information: (1) A brief written statement of the general nature of the comments that you wish to present, (2) the names and addresses of the person(s) who will give the presentation, and (3) the approximate length of time that you are requesting for your presentation. Depending on the number of people who register to make presentations, we may have to limit the time allotted for each presentation. If you don’t have access to e-mail please call Mr. Schultz at 301–670–0270. Dated: January 13, 2009. Paul M. Coates, Director, Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health. [FR Doc. E9–1162 Filed 1–21–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard rmajette on PRODPC74 with NOTICES [Docket No. USCG–2007–28460] Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran–C) Program; Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. VerDate Nov<24>2008 14:47 Jan 21, 2009 Jkt 217001 ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments. 4047 SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on the Future of the Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran–C) Program. We request your comments on the Draft PEIS. LCDR Robert Manning, (CG–54132) Electronic Navigation Division, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone 202–372–1560, or e-mail robert.j.manning@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 9826. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DATES: Two public meetings concerning the Draft PEIS are planned. The public meetings will be held on February 18, 2009, in Washington, DC and on March 3, 2009, in New Orleans, LA. Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before March 9, 2009. ADDRESSES: The Washington, DC meeting will be held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Oceanic Rooms A & B, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004, telephone 202– 312–1326. The New Orleans, LA meeting will be held at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Rosedown Room, 2 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70140, telephone 504–556–3739. Each meeting will consist of an informational open house from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and a public scoping meeting from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The public meetings may end later than the stated time, depending on the number of persons wishing to speak. Send written material or comments you wish to have as part of the meeting record to Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, (CG–54132) Electronic Navigation Branch, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593–0001, Attn: LCDR Robert Manning no later than February 9, 2009. You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket number USCG– 2007–28460 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S. Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one of the following methods: (1) Online: https:// www.regulations.gov. (2) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M–30), U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590– 0001. (3) Hand delivery: Room W12–140 on the Ground Floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202–366–9329. (4) Fax: 202–493–2251. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, call Public Participation and Request for Comments We encourage you to submit comments and related material on the Draft PEIS on the Future of the LoranC Program. All comments received will be posted, without change, to https:// www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information you have provided. We have an agreement with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to use the Docket Management Facility. Please see DOT’s ‘‘Privacy Act’’ paragraph below. Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this notice (USCG–2007– 28460), and give the reason for each comment. You may submit your comments and material by electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to Docket Management Facility at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit your comments and material by only one means. We recommend that you include your name and a mailing address, an e-mail address, or a telephone number in the body of your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding your submission. For example, we may ask you to resubmit your comment if we are not able to read your original submission. If you submit them by mail or delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would like to know that they reached the Docket Management Facility, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and material received during the comment period. Viewing the comments and Draft PEIS: To view the comments and the Draft PEIS, go to https:// www.regulations.gov, select the Advanced Docket Search option on the right side of the screen, insert USCG– 2007–28460 in the Docket ID box, press Enter, and then click on the item in the Docket ID column. If you do not have access to the Internet, you may view the docket online by visiting the Docket Management Facility in Room W12–140 on the ground floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22JAN1.SGM 22JAN1 4048 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 13 / Thursday, January 22, 2009 / Notices rmajette on PRODPC74 with NOTICES Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Draft PEIS is also available at the project Web site, https://www.uscg-e2m.com/LoranPEIS/. Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act, system of records notice regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316). Background and Purpose Loran is a radionavigation system first developed during World War II and operated by the USCG. The current system (Loran–C) is a low frequency hyperbolic radionavigation system approved for use in the Coastal Confluence Zone (CCZ) and as a supplemental air navigation aid. Loran–C provides navigation, location, and timing services for both civil and military air, land, and marine users in the continental U.S. (CONUS) and Alaska. The USCG operates 18 CONUS Loran Stations, 6 Alaska Loran Stations, and 24 monitoring sites. The Draft PEIS on the Future of the Loran–C Program is a program-level document designed to provide the USCG with high-level analysis of the potential impacts on the human environment from the alternatives for the future of the Loran–C Program. The Draft PEIS evaluates the following five alternatives on the future of the USCG Loran–C Program: (1) No Action Alternative. The No Action Alternative refers to the current, existing conditions without implementation of the Proposed Action. (2) Decommission the USCG Loran–C Program and Terminate the North American Loran–C Signal. (3) Automate, Secure, and Unstaff Loran–C Stations. (4) Automate, Secure, Unstaff, and Transfer Management of the Loran–C Program to Another Government Agency. (5) Automate, Secure, Unstaff, and Transfer Management of the Loran–C Program to Another Government Agency to Deploy an eLoran system. The preferred alternatives include Automate, Secure, Unstaff, and Transfer Management of the Loran–C Program to Another Government Agency; or Automate, Secure, Unstaff, and Transfer Management of the Loran–C Program to Another Government Agency to Deploy an eLoran system. It is important to note that this draft PEIS does not obligate the VerDate Nov<24>2008 14:47 Jan 21, 2009 Jkt 217001 Coast Guard, DHS, or any other entity to undertake any specific course of action with respect to Loran. We are requesting your comments on the environmental concerns that you may have related to the Draft PEIS. This includes suggested analyses and methodologies for use in the Draft PEIS or possible sources of data for information not included in the Draft PEIS. Your comments will be considered in preparing the final PEIS. Dated: December 30, 2008. James A. Watson, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Prevention Policy. [FR Doc. 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The supplemental information would provide an individual or family applying for assistance under these programs with the option of including in the application for assistance the name, address, phone number, and other relevant information of a family member, friend, or person associated with a social, health, advocacy, or similar organization, who is familiar with and may assist with the services and special care needed by the individual or family, and assist in resolving any tenancy issues arising during the tenancy of such tenant. The supplemental information is to be maintained by the housing provider as confidential information. The housing PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 provider may not require the individual or family applying for occupancy to provide the information. The information collection pertaining to this supplemental information will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. HUD is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. DATES: Comments Due Date: March 23, 2009. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Lillian Deitzer, Departmental Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Lillian_L._Deitzer@HUD.gov or telephone 202–402–8048. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Willie Spearmon, Office of Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 6134, Washington, DC 20410– 8000; telephone 202–708–3000 (this is not a toll-free number). Dina Elani, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4224, Washington, DC 20410–4000; telephone number 202–402–2071 (this is not a tollfree number). Persons with hearing or speech disabilities may access both numbers through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 800–877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Section 644 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13604) imposed on HUD the obligation to require housing providers participating in federally assisted housing to provide any individual or family applying for occupancy in HUDassisted housing with the option to include in the application for occupancy the name, address, telephone number, and other relevant information of a family member, friend, or person associated with a social, health, advocacy, or similar organization. The federally assisted housing programs covered by this notice are listed in the matrix that accompanies this notice. 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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2007-28460]


Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran-C) Program; Draft 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of a Draft 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on the Future of the 
Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran-C) Program. We request your 
comments on the Draft PEIS.

DATES: Two public meetings concerning the Draft PEIS are planned. The 
public meetings will be held on February 18, 2009, in Washington, DC 
and on March 3, 2009, in New Orleans, LA. Comments and related material 
must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before March 9, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The Washington, DC meeting will be held at the Ronald Reagan 
Building and International Trade Center, Oceanic Rooms A & B, 1300 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004, telephone 202-312-1326. 
The New Orleans, LA meeting will be held at the Hilton New Orleans 
Riverside, Rosedown Room, 2 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70140, 
telephone 504-556-3739. Each meeting will consist of an informational 
open house from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and a public scoping meeting from 6 
p.m. to 8 p.m. The public meetings may end later than the stated time, 
depending on the number of persons wishing to speak.
    Send written material or comments you wish to have as part of the 
meeting record to Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 
(CG-54132) Electronic Navigation Branch, 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001, Attn: LCDR Robert Manning no later than 
February 9, 2009.
    You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket number 
USCG-2007-28460 to the Docket Management Facility at the U.S. 
Department of Transportation. To avoid duplication, please use only one 
of the following methods:
    (1) Online: https://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (3) Hand delivery: Room W12-140 on the Ground Floor of the DOT West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The 
telephone number is 202-366-9329.
    (4) Fax: 202-493-2251.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call LCDR Robert Manning, (CG-54132) Electronic Navigation Division, 
U.S. Coast Guard, telephone 202-372-1560, or e-mail 
robert.j.manning@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or 
submitting material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to submit comments and related material on the 
Draft PEIS on the Future of the Loran-C Program. All comments received 
will be posted, without change, to https://www.regulations.gov and will 
include any personal information you have provided. We have an 
agreement with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to use the Docket 
Management Facility. Please see DOT's ``Privacy Act'' paragraph below.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the 
docket number for this notice (USCG-2007-28460), and give the reason 
for each comment. You may submit your comments and material by 
electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to Docket Management Facility 
at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit your comments and 
material by only one means. We recommend that you include your name and 
a mailing address, an e-mail address, or a telephone number in the body 
of your document so that we can contact you if we have questions 
regarding your submission. For example, we may ask you to resubmit your 
comment if we are not able to read your original submission. If you 
submit them by mail or delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no 
larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic 
filing. If you submit them by mail and would like to know that they 
reached the Docket Management Facility, please enclose a stamped, self-
addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and 
material received during the comment period.
    Viewing the comments and Draft PEIS: To view the comments and the 
Draft PEIS, go to https://www.regulations.gov, select the Advanced 
Docket Search option on the right side of the screen, insert USCG-2007-
28460 in the Docket ID box, press Enter, and then click on the item in 
the Docket ID column. If you do not have access to the Internet, you 
may view the docket online by visiting the Docket Management Facility 
in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE.,

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Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. The Draft PEIS is also available at the 
project Web site, https://www.uscg-e2m.com/LoranPEIS/.
    Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review a 
Privacy Act, system of records notice regarding our public dockets in 
the January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Background and Purpose

    Loran is a radionavigation system first developed during World War 
II and operated by the USCG. The current system (Loran-C) is a low 
frequency hyperbolic radionavigation system approved for use in the 
Coastal Confluence Zone (CCZ) and as a supplemental air navigation aid. 
Loran-C provides navigation, location, and timing services for both 
civil and military air, land, and marine users in the continental U.S. 
(CONUS) and Alaska. The USCG operates 18 CONUS Loran Stations, 6 Alaska 
Loran Stations, and 24 monitoring sites.
    The Draft PEIS on the Future of the Loran-C Program is a program-
level document designed to provide the USCG with high-level analysis of 
the potential impacts on the human environment from the alternatives 
for the future of the Loran-C Program. The Draft PEIS evaluates the 
following five alternatives on the future of the USCG Loran-C Program:
    (1) No Action Alternative. The No Action Alternative refers to the 
current, existing conditions without implementation of the Proposed 
Action.
    (2) Decommission the USCG Loran-C Program and Terminate the North 
American Loran-C Signal.
    (3) Automate, Secure, and Unstaff Loran-C Stations.
    (4) Automate, Secure, Unstaff, and Transfer Management of the 
Loran-C Program to Another Government Agency.
    (5) Automate, Secure, Unstaff, and Transfer Management of the 
Loran-C Program to Another Government Agency to Deploy an eLoran 
system.
    The preferred alternatives include Automate, Secure, Unstaff, and 
Transfer Management of the Loran-C Program to Another Government 
Agency; or Automate, Secure, Unstaff, and Transfer Management of the 
Loran-C Program to Another Government Agency to Deploy an eLoran 
system. It is important to note that this draft PEIS does not obligate 
the Coast Guard, DHS, or any other entity to undertake any specific 
course of action with respect to Loran.
    We are requesting your comments on the environmental concerns that 
you may have related to the Draft PEIS. This includes suggested 
analyses and methodologies for use in the Draft PEIS or possible 
sources of data for information not included in the Draft PEIS. Your 
comments will be considered in preparing the final PEIS.

    Dated: December 30, 2008.
James A. Watson,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Prevention Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-1171 Filed 1-21-09; 8:45 am]
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